The way points of this bicycle route:
Turn left next to Spa shop onto Irfon Terrace
Quiet country lane with hedgerows on either side
Second left at X-roads
Starting to climb up side of beautiful oak-tree lined valley on small road
Abergwesyn village hall - public toilets and last phone box for ten miles
Cimbing up a narrow, very quiet single track road with passing places
Abergwesyn Common, bought by the National Trust to commemorate war dead; wild and unspoilt valley with steep drop from road to river below; fine scenery
Road crosses river at ford-like low bridge. Starts to climb more steeply.
25% gradient with three switchback bends
Dangerous descent at 25% gradient
Turn off for former Dolgoch YH, now run as an independent hostel by the Elenith Valley Trust
Viewpoint about 250 metres above lake level
Onto moorland, out of forest cover - fairly steep climb and descent
Climbing again
Road starts to descend as it turns away from resevoir - start of long downhill section
downhill
You can see the broad rock wall of the dam as you pass its access road
End of downhill - flat or rolling from here
Tea room here open until 17:30 daily
Shop here open until 18:00 selling drinks and flapjacks; pub with accommodation opposite
Turn onto small, steep road climbing over mountain
Start of climb to Cynghordy on narrow single-track road
Small village, no shops that we could see.
A383 is fairly busy with two-lane traffic and large lorries at times; no shoulder between road edge and crash barrier.
Climbing fairly steeply towards the Sugar Loaf, a conical mound at the top of the valley
Summit of climb from Cynghordy
Flat or slightly downhill on this stretch back to the start
End of ride
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Tagged with: Recreational, Onroad, Smooth, Steep, Low traffic, Rural, Scenic, Touring
